[Painted Minis] My wife's minis.

[Jeremy]

Leslie had tons of fun with this one. He had this head attached to his belt and she decided it was a brand new addition, so he's got blood and bits running down his leg and the head is still fleshy looking with it's horrible expression.

One too many slasher flicks for my innocent sweet angel.

 

[Jeremy]

Nice big bugbear mini..

 

[Jeremy]

When you've got 7 people buying minis in one group you end up over time with some duplicates.

We've got like 3 of this Elminster mini. I told her to do him like Gandalf from the hobbit to set him apart. Little did I know there was going to be a Lord of the Rings movie that would be so amazing released that it got it's own miniature line and that she would actually end up painting Gandalf.

So here's a mini that's both a duplicate Gandalf, AND one of many Elminsters.

 

[Jeremy]

Now if we could only get people to play with the painted minis instead of the non painted ones.

They look so much better out on the hex map, but it always seems that the character concepts always fit some other mini better.

 

[Vadicus]

MINIS

Well, I would love to use the painted ones. Maybe I can give her a few of mine and tell her what I'd like. *shrug*

 

[reapersaurus]

my wife did something similar.

but we play with the minis she paints - it's tough to find the right one, but it makes a lot of difference.

Great job, some are especially good.
Treant, Dwarf of Dwarf, and the Formian Giant!
Rock on - I wish I could get pics of my wife's - do you use a bright light, a white backdrop, and good resolution ca,mera?
(we have 2 of those 3 elements)

 

[Jeremy]

We have a digital camera (Cannon Powershot S100---2.1 megapixel), played around with it's settings until it'd focus really close (macrovision) and then set it's quality setting to max (Super Fine/Large) and took the pictures outside.

We put the mini on a dry erase board we normally use for inits and I held about 10 sheets of printer paper behind the mini as a backdrop.

The camera was sitting on the board as well to steady it, about 4 inches away from the mini.

Taking the photo's inside, no matter how much light we used was too dark.

Amazing how much light the sun gives off.

 

[S'mon]

Have you considered taking your minis pics on dungeon floorplans rather than against a white background? It might give them more life & depth - I'm no photographer myself but 2 of my players are and they do great work with my crudely painted minis! I agree that natural sunlight always seems to give the absolute best effects.

 

[Jeremy]

I don't think we have anything that would suit...

 

[S'mon]

I don't think we have anything that would suit...

That's a shame - the paint jobs are fantastic but the lighting & background are a bit dull. Maybe you could try taking them outside and photographing them on some ground?